Our little Who is the size of a turnip. Or, for the average person who has no idea what a turnip looks like (like me), he/she is the size of my open hand.
Cravings: I'm starting to think my burrito obsession is permanent. I'm also craving a lot of fruit. The other night I had a giant bowl of strawberries, cantaloupe, and pineapple for dinner. Unfortunately fruit doesn't stick with me long so I usually have to follow up a half hour later with some yogurt or something.
Physical changes: I'm feeling a lot of stretching. My lower abdomen is as tight as a drum. The other day it felt like my abs were being pulled apart. It felt awful and made me super nauseous. I'm still having a lot of hip pain too. Sometimes it feels like my hips aren't even attached to me anymore they're moving around so much.
It's definitely fun that I'm starting to show more. With my first pregnancy, I felt a lot of guilt when my bump arrived. Infertility and the sting of seeing a pregnant woman in public were still fresh in my memory. I knew my belly was hurting other woman going through what I had gone through. I still understand that my pregnancy will be hard for some people (whether I know them or not), but it's a gift I need to celebrate. Getting bigger is a product of this miracle God has given us, and I'm proud of that. I will not flaunt it though. I try to abstain from belly pics and comments of social media, I don't wear obviously pregnant shirts, like those ones that say something like "Pregnant is the new skinny". I hated those when we were struggling with infertility. My "Hi!" shirt at our family announcement will probably be a one time thing. Nonetheless, I am proud, and soon it will be plainly obvious that I'm pregnant. No reason to fight it.
There have been other physical changes as well, but frankly, even I prefer not to think/talk about them cause they're a bit icky...if ya know what I mean.
Happy thoughts: Wednesday was my meeting with the genetic counselor. I got the distinct impression she wasn't quite sure why I'm considered high risk. This pregnancy is going so well. After a quick lesson on genetics and a discussion of whether or not to do some blood tests, I opted to do them anyway because...I just want to. Plus one of them will tell us gender! In about two weeks we'll find out who our Who is!
I feel like there was something else I was planning to write about, but I can't remember what...par for the course these days. Haha!
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